FITB – Funtastic Culture Tour, Yogyakarta

fitb.itb.ac.id; March 9-11, 2018, carrying the theme of Funtastic Culture Tour – Yogyakarta, in the end Lecturers of the Faculty of  Earth Sciences and Technology toured which will initially be carried out at the end of 2017. The tour runs with a sense of warmth, kinship and a different and meaningful impression from pre-tour excursions

Starting on the first day of the tour, the Lecturers had the opportunity to visit the “Village and culture tour” at Gesik, Kasongan Yogyakarta. The tour starts with a rickshaw, pedicabs passing through rice fields and villages. They are gather in the pavilion and welcomed by jathilan gamelan by local youth. Continued with “walking tour” visiting the makers of blangkon and Batik fabric process, home of pottery makers and workshops to make wooden mask batik, where the results after finishing can be brought directly.

The tour continues by visiting the Merapi Museum and Prambanan Temple. In the evening Galadinner was held at “Omah Dhuwur Resto”.

On the second day, the tour continued by visiting the Keraton Ratu Boko and closed by visiting some of the culinary and shopping spots typical of Yogyakarta.